Mail-box.



2 EERSTE-SHEET 1.

PTENTED U'LT 3l. 1906,

VAN BURN.

No, PATENTE) JULY 3l, 1906. J, H. VAN DGRN;

y MALL Box. APPLZUMIOR Mmm JMJ. so. 1905.

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mi @es which the wings p plate J', by which the door may be lockt Thissingle door P, with its single lock S, et v'- erns the access both tothe package-rocco acle and the letter-receptacle. The lett r-receptacleis provided with a supplement door R, pivoted at its lower edge andhaving the usual wings r to provide a chute for removing the letters andto accidentally prevent the dropping ot them when the packages areremoved.' The lower edge of the plate J' is iianged outwardly, as shownat j', to form a weather protection for the upper edge of the doors and'also a shoulder against and r may abut and limit the outward movementthereof.

This mail-box, having both the letter and package openings in front andthe exit-opening for the two receptacles also in front, may be placed injogs in buildings or in any pocket large enough to receive the box. Thebox is therefore much more adaptabltv than if. the package and letterentrances or the exit were on different sides of the box. By having theletter-rece tacles small and located within the box an above the bottomof the package-receptacle not only is the space allotted to packages andletters properly proportioned, but access to the packages from thevfron't is rendered possible by reason of the bottom of theletter-receptacle being' raised above the bottom of thepackage-receptacle. By having a common door to both receptales vbut onelock is necessary, which saves time in opening the box. Moreover, thecarrier can tell at a glance when he collects letters whether there arealso packages to be collected.

I claim-- '1. ln a mail-box, the combination, a package-receptaclehaving an entran(fe-opening, a

letter-receptacle located within the packagereceptacle and having itsbottom above the bottom ot' the package-reeeptacle a distanceI at leastas great the 'smallest' distance across the package opening, therebeing' an entrance-opening to the letter-receptacle on the iront sidethereof and an exit-openingr on the front side of the box for the lctter-receptacle and l'or the packe,gc-receptacle and a common dooroverlapping the exit-openings ot both receptacles. f

. 2. ln a mail-box, in combination, a package-receptacle having a rigidbottom and having' an entrance-opening ucar the upper end thercol' andan exit-opening iu the lower portion oll its l'ront side, a door l'orclosing said last-mentioned opening', a letter-receptacle located withinthe I)aclorg'e-receptacle a sullicicnt distance above the bottom there.-

oi to enable the removal oll any package inserted through thepackage-opentng, there being a iront exit-openingr l'rom the'letterrcceptaclc, and an exit-door tor the packageopening overlappingthe exit-opening ol' the let ter-rccejitacle,

age-receptacle having an opening in the lower portion of its front'sideand door for closing said opening, a letter-receptacle located withinthe package-receptacle and above the bottom thereof but extending belowthe upper end of said opening, whereby the exit-door for thcpackage-opening overla )s the letterbox and a supplementary door lor theletterb'ox adapted to swing outwardly through said opening.

4. In a inail-box, in combination, a package-receptacle having a pivotedadmissiongate near its upper end, a letter-receptacle carried within thepackage-receptacle on the forward side thereof and above the bottomthereof. a letter-gate above the letter-receptacle on the vforward sideoi the package-re- .ceptacle and in frontof a connnon exit-door for bothrece )tacles pivoted near the lower end of the package-receptacle on itsiront and when closed standing vertically and overlapping theletter-receptaele,`

5. ln a inail-box, in combination, a cornparativel \T largepackage-receptacle having tacle, each of said receptacles raving its ownentrance-o. nening, the entrance to the package-receptzicle being abovethe entrance to the letter-receptacle and there being space behind theletter-receptaele through which packages may pass from thepackage-opening to the bott in of the'box, the bottom of saidletter-receptacle being' located above the bottom of thepackagti-receptacle a distance across the paclmge-opening, there beingan exit-opening to the paekage-receptacle beneath the letter-receptaele,whereby any )ackage deposited in the i aelmge-receptacle nav be removedbeneath the letter-recepac e, and a doorior closing said exit-opening.t5. lu a mail-box, the combination of a comparativelv' largepackage-receptacle, a comparat ively small letter-receptacle within thepackage-recept'acle on the iront side thereol' and above the bottomthereof, a pivoted gate l'or the iiaclorge-receitacle, a plate extendingfrom such gate to the front oll the box, a hood secured to the undersideof such plate and extending downward into the let ter-receptacle, and aletter-gate operating in such hood.

T. ln a mail-box, the combination with a stationary side and bottom, ot'a package-receptacle fillingr most ol` the box and extending l'rom thebottoni to the top and from l'ront to bach. there being an o )ening'into said package-recept:1t-le near the ower end of t the l'ront, a doorlor said opening pivoted on a t horizontal pi\ ot on tbe li'out side.ol' the box, land a letterreceptacle located within the box at the troutside thereol` and above the 3. ln a mail-box, in combination, a pack--the gate thereof, and" a rigid bottoni, a connmratively small letter-lVreceptacle located within the package-recepat'. least as great as thesmallest distance.

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. door for the letter-receptacle, an exit-door for angle-bars bent intothe form of an inverted bottom thereof, said letter-rece taele havingits exit on the front side of the 0X, there being entrance-openings tothe two receptacles.

8. In a Inail-box, the combination of a package-receptacle, aletter-receptacle, -located Within said package-receptacle, a hoodlocated above said letter-receptacle, an exitthe package-receptacle, theformer door overlapping the latter, and a single look for both doors. y

9. In a mail-box, in combination, a pair of U and thus constituting fourcorner-posts,

each angle-bar being iat near its edges and intermediately bulging fromone flat edge to the other, and Walls for the boX having their edgesWithin the bulging portion of the anglebar,v said Walls being held inplace by rivets passing through the Hat portion of the anglebars, voneof said Walls substantially abutting the other within the bulgingportion of the angle-bars. l

In testimony lwhereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo Witnesses.

` vJAMES H. VAN DoRN.

Witnesses:

. E. B. GILGHRIST. E. L. THURsToN.

